Chapter 302: The Collapse of the Empire (XXXVIII) Citizen Lul Coup, Coup!

I was ready to sacrifice before stepping on this land, after all, what we were going to do was a move that had disappeared from this land for more than six hundred years, a military coup.

In spite of our anger at Luhr VIII, in spite of our resentment towards the General Palace, and in spite of our belief that our actions were just, so many reasons could not hide the panic in our hearts, because we wanted to overthrow the behemoth that had existed peacefully for more than six hundred years, the Great Palace.

What does the General Palace represent for a Bourbon? It is the highest symbol of glory, an object of inviolability, perhaps the Governor will be wrong, some parliamentarians will be evil, but the General Palace should be supreme and inviolable, and no one has ever succeeded in overthrowing the General Palace.

[Bourbon had a successful military coup, but the Palace of the Great Assembly had not yet been built at that time.] 】

I don't know what other people think, but at least I was in a desperate mindset before I set out, because my family was about to go bankrupt, because of the fucking behavior of Lure VIII. Having witnessed the tragic situation of bankrupt families, I must not let my family fall into that situation, I can only fight against the water, and I have no choice.

At that time, I did not realize that with the beginning of my first rebellion against the Great Palace, an unspeakable ambition grew in my heart, rapidly changing my appearance, making it impossible for me to see who was in front of me.

After the coup began, I found that my worries were unnecessary, and my worries now seem as ridiculous as the level of resistance we encountered in the military coup.

There was no decent resistance at all, and it is said that the fiercest resistance took place at the General Palace, but the venerable General Andrei and his personal guards personally pacified it, and our operation to capture the institutions was extremely smooth, and the security forces everywhere surrendered their weapons with great obedience, and even joined our ranks directly.

A military coup d'état — no, it cannot be called a military coup d'état, which, according to the documents that later came out of the General Assembly Palace, should have been called a just overthrow and was carried out with the support of the entire Bourbon people.

The fact that justice had gone so smoothly and that the Interim Consul had promised to abolish the tyranny of Lure VIII soon was to all of us in Bourbon rejoiced.

Then, as a representative of the soldiers, I was made a model, and Lord Andrei gave me a large bonus and promoted me to a squad leader, promising me to continue to serve the country during this special period.

Now that a job is so hard to find, now that I have become an officer, even though it is only a petty officer, it is not impossible not to become a sailor, so I happily accepted the appointment of Lord Andrei.

André III, no, is André III, unlike Luhr VIII, after he was officially confirmed as consul, he repealed Luhr VIII's fifth tax increase decree, and promised that other tax hikes would be gradually abolished soon, and he also promised to change the mourning behavior of Luhr VIII and fight a beautiful turnaround for Bourbon.

Moreover, Lord Andre III also did an action that we could not even imagine, he actually executed the incompetent Lure VIII in front of all the inhabitants of Boris, you must know that Lure VIII is incompetent, that is also a noble! Therefore, in our cheers, the prestige of Lord André III is raised to the top.

At that time, Bourbon suddenly seemed to be glowing, and every citizen had a lingering smile on their face when they met, as if believing that under the leadership of Lord André III, Bourbon would surely regain its restored glory.

The fifth tax increase has been revoked, Luhr VIII has been executed, and the plan to reorganize the army, which is more vigorous than the faint king, is being carried out rapidly, and it is sure that we will soon deliver the victory we need, the victory that the Bourbons have forgotten for a long time!

At that time, the people and things in Bourbon seemed to be illuminated by colorful firelight, and every day was full of bliss and revelry, and the celebrations continued all night.

However, this short-lived, false radiance soon reached its climax, and before the beautiful bubble was exposed, before the bubble exploded and unleashed a raging storm, we all of Boris indulged in this long state of drunkenness.

Dreams are going to wake up, but I didn't expect to wake up so quickly, or even that it was just an unreal dream made by a drowning person.

After only a year, the situation in Bourbon began to deteriorate dramatically, and even I, an officer on an errand in Borris, was in arrears every day, not to mention the vast lower classes.

The abolition of the tax hike promised by Andrei III is gone, and the victory promised to Bourbon is still a stalemate, forced conscription again and again.

The inhabitants of Boris demanded a response from Andre III, but Andrei III and his small gang did not respond except for the days of huddle in the house and hold unsolicited secret meetings.

Slogans such as "Peace, no war!" and "Let's make peace, let our loved ones come back!" have endured in Meath Square and have grown louder and louder as time goes on.

After a month, Andrei III finally gave the order, but not to receive their request, but to order our group of guards to clear the field, so-called "to restore a stable and harmonious environment in Boris".

Seeing this kind of order, I immediately became angry and refused to carry out the order of Andrei III, as a result of which Boris, who announced the order, this right and left hand of Andrei III could not help but say something, and threw me into prison.

This is the second time I have been thrown into prison, the last time was a few years ago before the coup d'état, when the "demagogue" Lul came to me, and this time Boris came to meet me.

Boris, a slightly chubby middle-aged man with a kind face, sighed and said to me that this order was not something he had in mind, and that he could not stop it, and that it was not his intention to throw me into prison. Speaking of this, he shook his head and said, Andrei III will only stay at home and drink sullenly now, and in the long run, the country will not be a country, and the future of Bourbon will not be bright.

In Boris's eloquent speech, I pretended to be irritated by Andrei III's inaction, and in Boris denounced that there was no essential difference between Andrei III and Luhr VIII, and that someone should follow suit at this time!

I'm in my forties, and I'm not the kind of country fool, so how can I not understand the trick in front of me, but since Boris has come to give me an olive branch, I still have a good grasp of it, and maybe I can climb higher? That once pure and virtuous Lul was already dead in the speech of the "instigator", in the first coup d'état, and in prison.

If I had been four years ago, I would not have recognized this impassioned man in prison. I've changed, and so have the Bourbons.

In the past, I didn't dare to say such things at all, but after following the coup d'état of Andrei III, I also became bolder, after all, many things, as long as you are willing to lower the lower limit the first time, the second time and even after will be much easier.

A few days later, I was pardoned, and I knew it was Boris's operation. Now I am no longer a pawn loyal to Andrei III, but have switched to Boris.

Why did Boris try to win me over? At this time, I was no longer the chief soldier who was transferred to the Northern Passage, but I became the garrison officer of the capital city responsible for guarding Boris, and I was in control of part of Boris's city defense army.

Under normal circumstances, a person like me would not be able to hold such a position, not even for some minor nobles, and these positions were monopolized in the hands of a few families.

But after the usurpation of the throne, Andrei III trusted us more in the army that followed his coup d'état than in the regular way of serving as officers. So in just one year, Andrei III used various means to transfer the original garrison officers of the capital to the front and put us in this position.

Since the number of nobles who followed the coup d'état of Andre III was not large, and most of them entered the General Palace and held important positions, in the end, these low-level officers and other positions actually fell to us civilians! In the troubled times, everyone can be a dragon, this idea is slowly spreading in Bourbon in places I don't know.

Boris waited another year, during which he went around in tandem, carefully trying to win over and divide the people who were originally in Andrei III's camp, but in 1443, Boris's actions were discovered by Andrei III, who was determined to arrest Boris, and after hearing the news from another officer who had defected to Boris, Boris decided to preemptively launch a coup d'état against Andrei III in advance.

Boris's coup d'état was so full that when the flames of the capital burned, I realized that something had happened, and at this time Boris's messenger ran to my house half-dead and told me that the coup (overthrow of justice) had changed in time and had been launched in advance.

So I ordered my cronies' soldiers and horses, wrapped up most of the unreasonable city defense soldiers, claimed to be quelling the rebellion, and then took them out, and first plundered a chamber of commerce that I had already found out, the Germak Chamber of Commerce, and made a small windfall for the brothers.

At this time, I told them that we were not going to put down the rebellion, but to carry out a second righteous overthrow, this time against Andrei III! and since they had now robbed the Germak Chamber of Commerce, there were only two paths left before them, one was to justly overthrow Andrei III, and the other was to wait to be executed for plunder.

So by this means, I succeeded in luring this part of my city defense soldiers into a rebellion.

Then, I immediately headed for the place where the battle was most intense, and according to the account of the envoy sent by Boris, Andrei III had already taken the personal guard and Boris headquarters to fight at this time, so as long as Andrei III was taken here first, then the rest of the city was not to worry.

While leading the troops, I played a trick and deliberately made a detour, so that when I reached the core of the fierce struggle between the two sides of the coup, my position was in the rear of Andrei III.

At this time, because of the hasty coup d'état, Boris was not well prepared, and at this time he was already forced into a corner by Andrei III, and it was at this time that I went to the rear of Andrei III with a new force.

I have been fighting for more than ten years, how could I let go of this opportunity? So at my command, the city defense army attacked Andrei III's army, and Boris lost no time in responding from behind, and attacked Andrei III's army with me in front and back.

At first, because Andrei III's army was more elite, it actually held out a few attacks at first, but at this time, more coup troops "converged" here (several of these guys had already arrived, but they were all waiting), and Andrei III's army finally could not hold up and gradually began to crumble.

"Damn! Do you think these policies are inseparable from Boris? Last year's order to suppress the petitioners and the order to mistreat the army! It was obviously Boris who planned it! It was Boris who mistreated you, and it was Boris who pretended to be a good person, so do you ...... it?"

Andrei III could not finish his words, because before he could shake everything out, he had been hacked to death by a coup soldier, and Andrei III's blood was splashed on my face.

"I know you're right, but it's all now, what the truth is, and does it matter?" wiped the blood from my face a little, from Andrei III, "and now, even a civilian...... Dare to kill the nobles, or a consul......"